Chapter 1383
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The sky had turned dark.
The live broadcast ended.
The charity banquet was also over.
The organizer of the Asian Red Cross Society came forward and grabbed Zhang Ye's hand. He was so excited that he kept shaking it.
The organizer said, "Teacher Zhang!"
Zhang Ye said, "Yes."
"Thank you! Thank you! "
"Uh, you're welcome."
"Thank you so much! Thank you so much! "
"It's only right. It's for charity, after all."
No one knew how hard Zhang Ye had to grit his teeth to say that.
The organizer was so excited that he was almost incoherent. "100 million USD! We will never forget the contribution that your work has made to the Asian charity cause. The people of Asia will remember your and Mr. Qian's good deeds! Today's donation amount has far exceeded our expectations. We can't even imagine it! Our Red Cross Society staff were all tearing up just now. Even if we add up all the auctions at the Asian Charity Banquet in the past five years, it still wouldn't be as much as your single auction item. Your act of charity has touched me, and I believe that it has touched a lot of people as well. With your leadership, more and more people will definitely join in the charity effort! "
You think it's too much?
If you think it's too much, then refund me a few tens of millions!
I won't donate so much anymore, alright?
Zhang Ye's heart was still bleeding.
The organizer said, "Every year's Asian Charity Banquet has a reward that is given to the person who makes the greatest contribution. We've already decided on the contents of the reward from the start." After some hesitation, he said, "But now, we'll definitely have to change it. This bit of reward is no longer enough to express the gratitude of our Red Cross Society to you. I'll have to go back and discuss this with the higher-ups. We'll have to hold a meeting to discuss this, so please wait for my news. I'll get it done immediately! For someone like you who has made such an outstanding contribution to charity, we definitely have to give you the greatest encouragement! "
Quite a few of the Red Cross Society staff had finished what they were doing and came forward to look at Zhang Ye. Applause rang out all at once!
This was applause of gratitude!
This was applause of respect!
This was applause of admiration!
Looking at the excited crowd, Zhang Ye was too embarrassed to ask them if there would be any commission rebates. This was the price of posturing. Thinking of this, he looked around and immediately spotted Miyamoto Shinshou, who was walking out with the crowd. He immediately called out to him.
"Master Miyamoto!" Zhang Ye said.
Miyamoto Shinshou turned around in astonishment.
Zhang Ye said, "What did you say about the standard of calligraphy in China?"
The Japanese translator translated on the side.
Miyamoto Shinshou almost tripped and fell. He pretended not to hear anything and turned to leave.
Zhang Ye shouted from behind, "Eh, why are they leaving? Let's chat again? Aren't you going to give calligraphy pointers to our China celebrity team? "
Miyamoto Shinshou tripped again and hurriedly picked up his pace!
Zhang Ye sneered. What are you bragging to me for? That bit of calligraphy skills of yours were all learned from us. How could our China's calligraphy get any pointers from you?
The Japanese celebrity team: "…"
The Korean celebrity team: "…"
The Red Cross Society staff: "…"
They would hit people but not their faces!
Zhang Ye, on the other hand, specialized in smacking people's faces!
He couldn't even hit them on the head. He even had to fucking adjust it and give them a slap to the face!
Only the China celebrity team's people were talking and laughing as they pleased. They did not find it strange at all. Who didn't know Zhang Ye's temper? Besides, it was Miyamoto Shinshou who wanted to posture this time, but he did not manage to do so well and ended up running into Zhang Ye's gun. The China celebrity team's people also felt that Miyamoto Shinshou was a little unlucky!
…
Outside the venue.
It was crowded with people.
The moment Zhang Ye stepped out, he was surrounded by reporters from all over Asia. They did not give him any chance to slip away and blocked his way!
"Teacher Zhang Ye!"
"Teacher Zhang!"
"I'm from the Korean television station!"
"I'm a reporter from China's Xinhua News Agency!"
"We're from Japan's Daito Daily News!"
"Please accept our interview!"
"Do you know that your 'Preface to the Orchid Pavilion' has broken the world record for calligraphy sales?"
"Who is your master in semi-cursive?"
"Some experts have evaluated you as the most skilled calligrapher in the world. What do you think of it?"
"Do you think that your semi-cursive can be called the best in the world?"
"Since your semi-cursive is so good, will you specialize in calligraphy in the future?"
He couldn't understand Japanese.
He couldn't understand Korean.
Fortunately, the foreign reporters were speaking in English.
That made it even more difficult for him to understand.
As such, Zhang Ye could only answer the questions from the China reporters. "Broke the world record? I'm not too sure about that, but it's possible. My master is Wang Xizhi, but you probably don't know either. Number one in the world? The most skilled calligrapher? I wouldn't dare to accept such an evaluation. In China, there are too many master calligraphers. I'm not someone who specializes in calligraphy either. Everyone knows that I'm just a normal small-time artist. "
The questions came one by one.
Zhang Ye answered them one by one.
During this period, he figured out something. "Preface to the Orchid Pavilion" was not something from this world to begin with. It had never appeared before, so when the people of this world saw it, they would immediately regard it as a work of god. In fact, if Zhang Ye's calligraphy piece were brought back to his previous world, even if it were exactly the same as the original, even if the expression of each character was exactly the same, it would still be an imitation.
100 million USD?
Thinking of this, Zhang Ye felt more at ease.
…
On the same night.
There was a flurry of news reports all over Asia.
"China's celebrity takes first place!"
"100 million USD shocks all of Asia!"
"The calligraphy world's stunning work: Preface to the Orchid Pavilion!"
"China's celebrity becomes a new generation of calligraphy masters!"
"China's semi-cursive shakes the world!"
"Charity auction a huge success!"
"Japanese calligraphy master Miyamoto Shinshou gets face-smacked on the spot!"
The reports were overwhelming.
Many of the Asian people who did not watch the live broadcast of the charity banquet only found out about it from the news. They were extremely shocked!
…
Late at night.
At the hotel.
The China celebrity team had ordered takeout and bought alcohol to celebrate in their hotel room.
"What a joyous day!"
"We've finally taken first place!"
"Haha, did you guys see the expression on Miyamoto Shinshou's face?"
"I saw it, I saw it. He ran away with his face covered in dust."
"Come, let's have a toast."
"I propose that everyone give a toast to Teacher Zhang."
"Right, it's all thanks to Zhang Ye for helping Sister Zhang and Xiaoxian out today!"
"Cheers."
"Cheers!"
The gathering ended.
When everyone opened the Asian Celebrity Rankings Index, they suddenly discovered that Zhang Ye's name had risen by two spots on the Asian A-list rankings. He had even surpassed the recently popular Korean celebrity, Lee Anson!
This was the Asian Celebrity Rankings Index!
This was the ranking of the top celebrities in Asia!
Rising by two spots in one night?
What kind of concept was that!
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